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The Makeup Bar Salon may be named for its chair-lined countertops that brim with signature cosmetics, but its staff of stylists and aestheticians brings much more than just makeup artistry to the table. Supervised by Lisa Severino, a makeup artist with more than 20 years of experience, the salon’s many claims to fame include a seaweed facial that was a 2011 Pick by InStyle magazine and a blow-dry bar with a choice of three styling options: tousled, straight, or Louis XIV. Meanwhile, eyebrow specialists flaunt years of over-eye artistry in brow-shaping sessions that both correct past tweezing blunders and ensure flattering contours when brows grow out. Clients can put a bow on their spa and salon services with exclusive cosmetics, whether the salon’s own or the feng-shui-inspired Color Elements line designed by Severino herself.

For the over six years it has been open, the tools of the hair-removal trade have remained simple at Anjuthreads. A bit of baby powder here, some Aveda toner to close pores there. And the most important item in the aestheticians' toolkit: pure cotton thread from India. Thread in hand, one of Anjuthreads' experts twists and rolls over the unwanted hair?gently removing it from the skin like a farmer harvesting the world's tiniest, hairiest crop of corn. This ritual unfolds across the face and neck, with attention paid to the sensitivity of skin.

A team of doctors and technicians use lasers and other clinical techniques to realize clients' cosmetic goals. They spotlight wrinkles, blemishes, hair, and varicose veins with lasers to whisk such offending particles off of bodies and faces. Waxing, too, fells follicular shrubbery. To slough away materials that cause facial dullness, such as dead skin or a papier-mâché mask worn two years too many, the staff administers peels, facials, and microdermabrasion.

It generally takes about six laser treatments to completely banish unwelcome hair, which is why you are conveniently able to combine two Groupons for a total of six sessions on one area. Those who don't want to go completely body bald but just want to thin out and lighten up a particularly hairy situation can simply get fewer sessions than the magic six. Upon your first visit, a clinic director will help set up your individualized treatment regimen to establish the frequency and number of visits necessary to achieve desired results. Use this initial consultation to ask pertinent questions or to swap apple-streusel recipes with your lasersmith.

American Laser Centers provides BEAUTY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. Since 2002, we have performed over 6 million treatments in our 170 clinics across the country. We are committed to offering the newest and most effective treatment technologies to deliver the safest and fastest results.

Five minutes. That’s all it takes for Master Eyebrow Threading & Full Services Salon’s technicians to groom bushy brows. And they don’t just do brows; the team twists and turns sturdy thread across lips, chins, and cheeks, grabbing and removing unwanted hair and sewing together oversize pores as they go. Though thread is their favorite tool, the crew trades it in for warm wax to smooth arms, legs, and bikini areas, and uses scissors to snip hair. Clients can match their new ‘dos with a single-process color treatment or luminous highlights. The salon team administers three facial treatments as well, including a traditional European cleansing and a facial massage in 30- and 60-minute intervals.